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Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols passing away at the age of 89 came as a shock to many fans and co-stars. As soon as the news hit the press, the condolences and tributes started pouring in. Fellow Star Trek icons, including George Takei and William Shatner, paid tribute to the Uhura actress, while Star Trek vet Whoop Goldberg shared a heartfelt response to Nichols’ death on The View. But one voice was missing from the Star Trek chorus – the veteran actress’s successor Zoe Saldaña. Now the Kelvin universe’s Uhura opened up…

Everything is moving quickly for the Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of the Patrick Swayze movie Road House, as production on the Amazon Prime film will start this month. While most of the cast was already announced, another co-star has been revealed, and their presence will play right into Gyllenhaal’s UFC angle. The remake just tapped a UFC icon to make their acting debut.Deadline reports that two-time UFC champion Conor McGregor will join Jake  Gyllenhaal in the reboot of the 1980s classic action flick. It’s unknown what…

Given the current onslaught of ‘80s nostalgia (bolstered by Stranger Things and elevated by “sure, why not?” occurrences like the ALF revival), it only makes sense that one of the coolest characters of the era—artificial intelligence personality Max Headroom—would be angling for a return.This news comes courtesy of Deadline, which is quick to reassure us that original star Matt Frewer is onboard to reprise his role as Max Headroom (seriously, who else could play him?) in a potential drama series for AMC Networks. And…

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings LH 1.60% plans to spin off its unit focused on clinical drug trials, a move that will create a new stand-alone company in the fast-growing contract-research sector. Burlington, N.C.-based Labcorp unveiled the plan to separate its clinical-development business Thursday alongside its second-quarter results. Labcorp will continue its focus on its core diagnostic-testing business and will also retain…

We have a treat for all Stranger Things fans, as a new icon pack has surfaced in the Google Play Store. This icon pack’s name is ‘Stranger Icons’, and it’s inspired by Stranger Things.Stranger Things is one of the most popular TV shows around at the moment. It broke all sorts of records on Netflix recently, as a two-part fourth season dropped. Various Stranger Things wallpapers are available out there, and now you can grab a Stranger Things-themed icon pack as well.This icon pack is made for Stranger Things fansThis icon…

Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of Star Trek fame - did it for real on Wednesday, becoming at age 90 the oldest person in space aboard a rocketship flown by billionaire Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin, an experience the actor called profound.Shatner was one of four passengers to journey for 10 minutes and 17 seconds to the edge of space aboard the white fully autonomous 60-foot-tall (18.3 meters-tall) New Shepard spacecraft, which took off from Blue…

YouTube Music has improved the look of the app with a small change. YouTube Music' smart downloads menu on the latest version of the app will now spot a new sparkle icon replacing the old lightning icon. The new sparkle icon was spotted for smart downloads with version 5.02.50 (from last week) of YouTube Music on Android. Smart downloads were launched back in 2019 and allowed users to listen to their favourite music even if they are offline or in the aeroplane.YouTube Music's new features are a part of Google's list of…

Customization has been at the very core of Android OS since the beginning, basically. Android always offered more options in that regard than iOS, a lot more. Third-party launchers managed to become quite popular early on, and along with them, icon packs. That is the case to this day, and icon pack support is now provided by many OEM skins / launchers as well. In many cases, you do not even need to download a third-party launcher to use icon packs. In this article, we’ll talk about the very best icon pack apps for…

‘With this song I wrote about my very first heartbreak,” explains Olivia Rodrigo, introducing Drivers License, as the packed Academy crowd cheer in recognition. “I remember not being able to articulate how I was feeling until I wrote it.” Moments later, she tells how Enough for You came about because she was made to feel she wasn’t good enough for the guy she was dating at the time. “Has anyone ever felt like that?” she asks and the crowd roars even louder. We aren’t told whether such songs are about one particular…

Available to Nintendo Switch Online members Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can spend their extra Platinum Points on player icons, and this week, Nintendo added new avatars based on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Now we’re talking! Since I last spoke about these wave-based profile pics, I’ve mostly tuned them out — but today is a big exception. Among other options, it’s possible to set your Switch icon as the revolting (and amusingly censored) Dubious Food. Link, Zelda, Urbosa, Revali, Tera, and a riled-up…